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We hope these resources will inform your understanding of collaboration

Negotiating the Sponsorship Continuum

Because the route to becoming an undergraduate researcher requires guidance beyond any “Dummies” manual or research methods course, our article elaborates the “sponsorship continuum” to promote undergraduate RAD research, particularly in fields without a strong research tradition. Sponsors may include teachers who introduce them to the subject matter, the methods, and the tools; mentors who have a solid foundation in research methods themselves and who believe that undergraduates can fully participate within the research process; and collaborators with whom they can cooperate on the data collection, analysis, and the writing. While mentors and collaborators can be classroom faculty, the relationships they forge with undergraduates must extend beyond traditional classroom dynamics.

Alumni Perceptions Used to Assess Undergraduate Research Experience

Bauer & Bennett, 2003

A historic overview of the role of undergraduate research in academia, followed by an examination of the impact of research experience on undergraduates at the University of Delaware.

Authorship in Student-Faculty Collaborative Research: Perceptions of Current and Best Practices

Welfare & Sackett, 2010

From Welfare and Sackett's abstract: 

 

Determining appropriate authorship recognition in student-faculty collaborative research is a complex task. In this quantitative study, responses from 1346 students and faculty in education and some social science disciplines at 36 research-intensive institutions in the United States were analyzed to provide a description of current and recommended practices for authorship in student-faculty collaborative research. The responses revealed practices and perceptions that are not aligned with ethical guidelines and a lack of consensus among respondents about appropriate practice. Faculty and student respondents agreed that students deserve more authorship recognition than they get in common practice but they did not agree on the appropriate authorship arrangement for several of the collaborative scenarios described in the study or on the relative value of various contributions to research projects. The misalignment with ethical codes and lack of consensus among the respondents is problematic because student-faculty collaborative research is common and authored publications are powerful indicators of research competency. With these detailed results, students and faculty can better anticipate areas where their perspectives are likely to differ and faculty can work to clarify ambiguous expectations.

Cross-Discipline Perceptions of the Undergraduate Research Experience

Craney, McKay, Mazzeo, Morris, Prigodich & de Groot

A multi-institutional study examining the effects of undergraduate research on academic motivation, self-perceived graduate school preparedness, and specific technical knowledge and skills, among other factors.

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